multilingual
/ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/adjective
उच्चारण मल्टिलिंग्वल
बहुभाषी
Core wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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speaking or using several different languages
बहुभाषी
- India is a multilingual country.
- a multilingual dictionary
- Mumbai is a multilingual city, where you hear Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati daily.
+ 2 more examples
- Radhika grew up in a multilingual family.
- Multilingual students often switch languages in the middle of a sentence.
Synonyms polyglot many-tongued
Opposite monolingual
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
multilingual + noun
Multilingual describes a person, country, school or text that uses several languages.
'Multilingual' ऐसे व्यक्ति, देश, विद्यालय या पाठ का वर्णन करता है जो अनेक भाषाओं का प्रयोग करता है।
- India is a multilingual country.
- The hotel has a multilingual staff.
be multilingual (predicative)
After be, multilingual says that a person can speak several languages.
'Be' के बाद 'multilingual' बताता है कि व्यक्ति कई भाषाएँ बोल सकता है।
- Radhika is multilingual; she speaks Hindi, English and Tamil.
multilingual vs bilingual vs trilingual
Bilingual means two languages, trilingual means three, and multilingual means more than two.
Bilingual का अर्थ दो भाषाएँ, trilingual का तीन और multilingual का दो से अधिक भाषाएँ है।
- A bilingual child speaks two languages; a multilingual one speaks more.
multilingualism (noun)
The ability or practice of using many languages is multilingualism, an uncountable noun.
अनेक भाषाओं के प्रयोग की क्षमता या प्रथा 'multilingualism' है, जो uncountable संज्ञा है।
- Multilingualism is natural in many Indian towns.
+Collocations 4
multilingual + noun
societyclassroomcountryeducationspeakerwebsite
- The multilingual classroom helps children respect other languages.
adverb + multilingual
fullytrulyhighlyincreasinglynaturally
- Mumbai is increasingly multilingual.
verb + multilingual
becomeremainraisegrow upbe
- The children grew up multilingual.
multilingual + resource
dictionaryappstaffguidesignboard
- A multilingual guide helped the tourists.
“More examples 5
- Our school has a multilingual library with books in six languages.
हमारे विद्यालय के पुस्तकालय में छह भाषाओं की पुस्तकें हैं।
- Railway announcements in India are multilingual.
भारत में रेलवे की घोषणाएँ बहुभाषी होती हैं।
- Being multilingual helps in many jobs.
बहुभाषी होना कई नौकरियों में सहायक होता है।
- The app is multilingual and supports Hindi and Marathi.
यह app बहुभाषी है और Hindi तथा Marathi को सपोर्ट करता है।
- Goa is a multilingual state with Konkani, Marathi and English.
गोवा कोंकणी, मराठी और English वाला बहुभाषी राज्य है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He is a multilingual of five languages.
✓ He is multilingual and speaks five languages.
Multilingual is an adjective, not a noun.
'Multilingual' विशेषण है, संज्ञा नहीं।
✗ She knows two languages, so she is multilingual.
✓ She knows two languages, so she is bilingual.
Two languages is bilingual; multilingual means more than two.
दो भाषाओं के लिए 'bilingual' आता है; 'multilingual' दो से अधिक के लिए है।
✗ India is a multilinguistic country.
✓ India is a multilingual country.
Linguistic relates to language study; multilingual means many languages.
'Linguistic' भाषा के अध्ययन से जुड़ा है; 'multilingual' का अर्थ अनेक भाषाएँ है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives count languages, each in a different range.
ये विशेषण भाषाओं की गिनती बताते हैं, हर एक अलग सीमा में।
Using more than two languages.
दो से अधिक भाषाओं का प्रयोग करने वाला।
- A multilingual city.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
mul·ti·lin·gual
With -gual (not 'multilingul').
अंत में -gual ('multilingul' गलत है)।
⌂Word origin and word building
Multi- means many.
Multi- का अर्थ अनेक है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: speaking many languages is multilingual or polyglot; two languages bilingual; one language monolingual.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: कई भाषाएँ बोलने वाला multilingual या polyglot; दो भाषाएँ bilingual; एक भाषा monolingual।
General knowledge
The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution lists twenty-two languages; the three-language formula in education.
संविधान की आठवीं अनुसूची में बाईस भाषाएँ हैं; शिक्षा में त्रिभाषा सूत्र।